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Ringfort - rath

Gorteennamuck, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Gorteennamuck, County Kilkenny, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Gorteennamuck
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.78066, -7.48324
SMR number
KK009-006----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On a hill with good views in all directions. A raised circular area (diam. 38.5m) enclosed by a substantial flat-topped, earth and stone bank (ext. H 2.1m; max. Wth 6m) and a partially waterlogged fosse with external bank. All enclosing elements are best preserved from NE-E-SE. The fosse (Wth 2.6m) is partially infilled from S-W due to bank slump and at NNW it widens to form a triangular projection (dims. 12m x 6m). The external bank is also flat-topped and denuded from SW-W-NW. A clearly defined causewayed entrance (Wth 2.3m) is visible to NE; a narrower entrance (Wth 1.65m), also causewayed, is less defined to SW. A low earthern bank (Wth 2m; max. H 0.5m) bisects the interior from NE-SW. Externally, to SE, a low earthen bank (L 15m; Wth 2m), extending in a NW-SE direction may represent an ancient field boundary.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 26 January 2018

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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